Schools in Cherokee Ridge · Marshall County School District
Cherokee Ridge’s public schools score below 71% of Alabama districts
The public schools Cherokee Ridge’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Alabama’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
7%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
38%
▼ 7 pts vs AL 45%
2020–21
Math proficiency
14%
▼ 8 pts vs AL 22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
▼ 4 pts vs AL 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$13.7K
▼ 2% vs AL $13.9K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Cherokee Ridge compares
C+ Test scoresD Graduation
Alabama school districts we grade (143)Better than 29%
Lower resultsHigher results
Alabama towns with similar household incomes (15)Better than 7%
High confidence. Built on 2,836 tested students and a graduating class of 408; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alabama’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Alabama only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cherokee Ridge.
4 schools teach Pre-K in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury Elementary School, Robert D Sloman Primary, Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School and Claysville School.
4 schools teach K in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury Elementary School, Robert D Sloman Primary, Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School and Brindlee Mountain Primary School.
4 schools teach 1st grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury Elementary School, Robert D Sloman Primary, Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School and Brindlee Mountain Primary School.
4 schools teach 2nd grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury Elementary School, Robert D Sloman Primary, Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School and Brindlee Mountain Primary School.
5 schools teach 3rd grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury Elementary School, Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School, Douglas Elementary School and Kate D Smith DAR Intermediate School and more.
5 schools teach 4th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury Elementary School, Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School, Douglas Elementary School and Kate D Smith DAR Intermediate School and more.
5 schools teach 5th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury Elementary School, Douglas Elementary School, Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle and Kate D Smith DAR Intermediate School and more.
4 schools teach 6th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury High School, Douglas Middle School, Brindlee Mountain High School and Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle.
4 schools teach 7th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury High School, Douglas Middle School, Brindlee Mountain High School and Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle.
4 schools teach 8th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Asbury High School, Douglas Middle School, Brindlee Mountain High School and Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle.
4 schools teach 9th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Douglas High School, Asbury High School, Brindlee Mountain High School and Kate D Smith DAR High School.
4 schools teach 10th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Douglas High School, Asbury High School, Brindlee Mountain High School and Kate D Smith DAR High School.
4 schools teach 11th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Douglas High School, Asbury High School, Brindlee Mountain High School and Kate D Smith DAR High School.
4 schools teach 12th grade in Cherokee Ridge’s district. Which one depends on your address: Douglas High School, Asbury High School, Brindlee Mountain High School and Kate D Smith DAR High School.
The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
55 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–124 schoolsDepends on your address
124 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading38%
State average 45.4%
Math14%
State average 22%
Every school in Cherokee Ridge
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Cherokee Ridge · in other towns
Asbury Elementary School
C+729 students17:1Rate it →
Robert D Sloman Primary
613 students15:1Rate it →
Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School
B+546 students22:1Rate it →
Brindlee Mountain Primary School
278 students18:1Rate it →
Douglas Elementary School
C+521 students19:1Rate it →
Kate D Smith DAR Intermediate School
308 studentsRate it →
Brindlee Mountain Elementary School
B286 students21:1Rate it →
Asbury High School
C659 students18:1Rate it →
Douglas Middle School
C+512 students19:1Rate it →
Brindlee Mountain High School
C−496 students16:1Rate it →
Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle
B376 students18:1Rate it →
Douglas High School
C727 students21:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Cherokee Ridge
There’s no college in Cherokee Ridge, but 8 are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Alabama in Huntsville in Huntsville, 21.5 miles away.
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleUniversity or college · Public · Huntsville
21.5 mi7,882 students
Huntsville Bible CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Huntsville
22.9 mi94 students
Oakwood UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Huntsville
23.8 mi1,237 students
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Huntsville
24.3 mi890 students
Alabama A & M UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Huntsville
25.1 mi6,208 students
Snead State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Boaz
27 mi1,318 students
John C Calhoun State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Decatur
27 mi5,642 students
George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleCommunity college · Public · Hanceville
27.2 mi4,737 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Cherokee Ridge. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Alabama. Stars are from neighbors.